Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineering
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 73 54
Rank change year-on-year +17 -19 +53
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 26 39 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.77% 2.04% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.37% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 35 54
10th Percentile £393 £295 £322
25th Percentile £450 £381 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +16.67% -12.20%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £669
90th Percentile £590 £725 £738
England median daily rate £525 £475 £507
% change year-on-year +10.53% -6.31% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £97.00 - -
25th Percentile £135.63 - -
Median hourly rate £200.00 £40.31 -
Median % change year-on-year +396.15% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £46.18 £63.84
% change year-on-year +35.34% -27.66% +27.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 837 1,644 1,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.23% 86.12% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 703 1,064
10th Percentile £225 £207 £200
25th Percentile £400 £339 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 607 340
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire - 17 £530 - 20
Essex +9 5 £488 -2.50% 7
Hertfordshire +12 4 £450 -29.41% 15
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) IIS
2 2 (7.69%) Confluence
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.85%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
1 5 (19.23%) GitHub
2 4 (15.38%) Nutanix
3 2 (7.69%) Cohesity
3 2 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Akamai
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) IaaS
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) DNS
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
2 4 (15.38%) Fibre Channel
2 4 (15.38%) Network Security
2 4 (15.38%) VSAN
3 3 (11.54%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (7.69%) DHCP
4 2 (7.69%) Skype
4 2 (7.69%) SNMP
5 1 (3.85%) DWDM
5 1 (3.85%) HTTP
5 1 (3.85%) HTTPS
5 1 (3.85%) IGRP
5 1 (3.85%) Internet
5 1 (3.85%) IPsec
5 1 (3.85%) LAN
5 1 (3.85%) SNA
5 1 (3.85%) SSL
5 1 (3.85%) VPN
5 1 (3.85%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) Artifactory
3 1 (3.85%) Git
3 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
1 1 (3.85%) Redfish
1 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Replication
2 4 (15.38%) Clustering
2 4 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.69%) Smartcard
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
3 2 (7.69%) YubiKey
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) FMCG
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Windows
2 9 (34.62%) Windows Server
3 5 (19.23%) Linux
4 2 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Agile
1 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 6 (23.08%) Waterfall
3 6 (23.08%) Zero Trust
4 5 (19.23%) ITIL
4 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) Capacity Management
5 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 4 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (15.38%) Proactive Maintenance
5 4 (15.38%) Proactive Management
5 4 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 4 (15.38%) Task Automation
5 4 (15.38%) Virtual Environments
6 3 (11.54%) ITSM
6 3 (11.54%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (7.69%) Service Management
7 2 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Python
2 6 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 4 (15.38%) Shell Script
4 3 (11.54%) Bash
5 2 (7.69%) Perl
5 2 (7.69%) SQL
6 1 (3.85%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 8 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) Degree
5 3 (11.54%) DBS Check
5 3 (11.54%) VCAP
5 3 (11.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.85%) CCDP
7 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 10 (38.46%) VMware NSX
3 9 (34.62%) Hyper-V
4 8 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (19.23%) Docker
5 5 (19.23%) vSphere
6 1 (3.85%) Firmware
6 1 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (42.31%) Ansible
2 7 (26.92%) Terraform
2 7 (26.92%) VxRail
3 5 (19.23%) vCenter Server
4 4 (15.38%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (15.38%) Podman
4 4 (15.38%) PowerCLI
5 2 (7.69%) Avamar
5 2 (7.69%) Nessus
5 2 (7.69%) Puppet
5 2 (7.69%) SCCM
5 2 (7.69%) vRealize
5 2 (7.69%) WSUS
6 1 (3.85%) HAProxy
6 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
6 1 (3.85%) Nagios
6 1 (3.85%) Progress Chef
6 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) VMware
2 9 (34.62%) Dell
3 5 (19.23%) Red Hat
4 4 (15.38%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (11.54%) Cisco
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
5 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
5 3 (11.54%) SolarWinds
6 2 (7.69%) Google
6 2 (7.69%) IBM
6 2 (7.69%) LogRhythm
6 2 (7.69%) Tenable
7 1 (3.85%) Arista
7 1 (3.85%) Blue Coat
7 1 (3.85%) Citrix
7 1 (3.85%) HP
7 1 (3.85%) Juniper
7 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.85%) Sun
7 1 (3.85%) Zscaler